blue-green algae, popular name for those microorganisms that are now more properly called cyanobacteria cyanobacteria or blue-green algae, photosynthetic bacteria that contain chlorophyll. For many years they were classified in the plant kingdom along with algae, but discoveries made possible by the electron microscope and new biochemical
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cyanobacteria

or blue-green algae

Any of a large group of prokaryotic, mostly photosynthetic organisms. Though classified as bacteria, they resemble the eukaryotic algae in many ways, including some physical characteristics and ecological niches, and were at one time treated as algae. They contain certain pigments, which, with their chlorophyll, often give them a blue-green colour, though many species are actually green, brown, yellow, black, or red. They are common in soil and in both salt and fresh water, and they can grow over a wide range of temperatures, from Antarctic lakes under several metres of ice to Yellowstone National Park's hot springs in the U.S. Cyanobacteria are often among the first species to colonize bare rock and soil. Some are capable of nitrogen fixation; others contain pigments that enable them to produce free oxygen as a by-product of photosynthesis. Under proper conditions (including pollution by nitrogen wastes) they can reproduce explosively, forming dense concentrations called blooms, usually coloured an opaque green. Cyanobacteria played a large role in raising the level of free oxygen in the atmosphere of early Earth.

blue-green algae [¦blü¦grēn ′al·jē]

(microbiology)

cyanobacteria

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Water monitoring has confirmed reduced levels of blue-green algae, which can produce toxins harmful to humans and animals, department officials said.

Officials lift algae warning at Dexter Lake by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

and they''re extremely important, you have a full spectrum of minerals because the lake of the blue-green algae referred to as alpha or alphonazoma plus aqua which is the scientific term which is algae that grows in extremely alkaline, around 9.

Longevity and Living Nutrition from Other Cultures Around the World by Kevin Gianni / Food/cooking/nutrition community

Byline: ANI Washington, September 7 (ANI): Researchers at Robert Gordon's University, Aberdeen, have identified novel bacterial strains capable of neutralizing toxins produced by blue-green algae in drinking water.

Scientists identify bacterial strains that can clear algal toxins ... by Asian News International

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